climate change UN partnership backs "floating city" research Rob Beschizza

science fiction Floating cities "take shape" Rob Beschizza

science fiction Exclusive excerpt of Rudy Rucker's new novel: Million Mile Road Trip Mark Frauenfelder

music Watch clips from Breathe, a lovely "water opera" in a pool David Pescovitz

happy mutants How a civic hacker used open data to halve tickets at Chicago's most confusing parking spot Cory Doctorow

DRONES Autonomous boats in some cities could transport people, shuttle goods, and self-assemble into structures David Pescovitz

art These striking sculptures invoke floating cities on stilts Andrea James

christ what an asshole Peter Thiel: the "libertarian" who loves mass government surveillance, monopolies, and censorship Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Material culture, considered (harmful?) Cory Doctorow

art Exhibit of the futuristic New York City that never was David Pescovitz

uk Some future for you: the radical rise of hope in the UK Cory Doctorow

happy mutants How Tumblr's delightful activists turned a homophobic post into a YA novel Cory Doctorow

offworld There's never been a better time to take an adventure 'round the world Katherine Cross

offworld Level cities with your strange squid song Laura Hudson

offworld Offworld Monday roundup: Nostalgia, magical girls and cybersex Laura Hudson

Sex Read The Joy of Cybersex, an online sex guide circa 1993 Laura Hudson

art Hot-air balloon made from recycled plastic bags Cory Doctorow

offworld Video games without people of color are not 'neutral' Sidney Fussell

offworld I can't wait for this Finnish summer death car game Leigh Alexander

Meet me in Atlantis: my obsessive quest to find the sunken city Mark Adams